Northern Rivers Natives

Tucked along the Tweed Valley Way, this is a nursery built around one deep specialisation: Australian native and rainforest plants, cultivated here for more than three decades. The range runs from pioneer rainforest species like brown kurrajong and macaranga through to secondary growth trees such as red kamala and lilly pilly, up to canopy giants including figs, quandongs and booyongs — a genuine cross-section of the layered forest system, not just a token native corner. Beyond rainforest stock, the growing grounds turn out sclerophyll tubestock suited to drier conditions — grevilleas, banksias, hakeas, callistemons and eucalypts — alongside groundcovers, grasses, sedges and herbs chosen for erosion control and habitat value, and a further line in palms, ferns and understorey plants for shape and texture. A collection of cutting-grown shrubs rounds things out, valued as much for garden structure as for the bees, birds and butterflies they draw in. The nursery publishes a running stocklist so visitors can check availability before making the trip, a practical touch that speaks to a business run by people who know their catalogue plant by plant. For anyone restoring bushland, planting a wildlife corridor, or simply wanting species suited to this corner of the Northern Rivers, it's a considered, knowledgeable stop.